Units of Sound
Units of Sound is an online, English literacy improvement programme designed to support and teach learners with low levels of English.
Why
We want everyone to be equipped with the vital skills they need to live a positive life. Units of Sound provides learners with the literacy skills they need to reach their potential.
What
Supports anyone who needs a boost in reading, spelling and writing skills via a credible and affordable literacy intervention programme.
How
Units of Sound gives the opportunity to improve reading, spelling and writing skills through a multi-sensory, structured programme that covers Reading, Spelling, Memory and Dictation activities.
Reading is based on decoding for those with phonological (sound) processing difficulties.
Activities in reading, spelling, writing and memory exercises.
Improving results in reading and comprehension with reading fluency materials to monitor and evidence progress.
The use of learner voice recording to help build skills and reinforce phonological awareness.
The design of the activities makes learning more memorable.
Practise writing in a controlled framework to work on sentence structure, punctuation, listening for accuracy, proofreading.
"Units of Sound is interesting and it helps me with my spelling. I like it because it is easy and simple to use".
Primary School Student
Content
Easy to use
There is an easy-to-use management information system built into the programme. this means that you can monitor progress and produce detailed reports for families.
Community
There is a community of tutors using Units of Sound to access and engage with who are constantly developing and evolving the way the programme can be used.
Flexible
Units of Sound is web-based which means students can use it on multiple devices both with you and at home.